Compendium: Learning and improvement without incidents

Here’s a mini-compendium of…well, probably a lot of stuff with only a tenuous link to ‘learning’.

I tried to focus on learning that doesn’t require incidents, but you’ll find those here, too.

There’s >100 articles, mostly full-text. I think I went overboard. Unfortunately, it’s barely sorted.

It includes:

  • Learning from success and failure
  • Learning models
  • A little Safety-II stuff (but not much – check out my New View compendiums)
  • Some investigation models (not many – these will probably be covered in the future)
  • Learning Teams, Pre-Mortems, Shadow Box and Quality Circles
  • GEMBA and leader walkarounds
  • Kaizen, Agile and 5S approaches
  • A little Deming (not enough but hard to find full-text articles)
  • Experiential learning, scenario-based training/simulation, Psychological Safety (and its role in learning), multiple narratives, storytelling
  • Some work domain analysis, cognitive work analysis and hierarchical task analysis stuff
  • Fast & Frugal Heuristics
  • STAMP & STPA
  • WAI / WAD and procedural system learning
  • And more
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Learning Strengths & Barriers

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0141076814555939

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925753523000140

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2023.104165

https://www.standards.doe.gov/standards-documents/1000/1028-BHdbk-2009-v1/@@images/file

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362133870_A_Framework_to_Strengthen_Learning_Culture_and_Safeguards

https://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/search/publication/8924233

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340141827_Evaluation_of_Learning_Teams_Versus_Root_Cause_Analysis_for_Incident_Investigation_in_a_Large_United_Kingdom_National_Health_Service_Hospital

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363112329_Experience_of_learning_from_everyday_work_in_daily_safety_huddles-a_multi-method_study

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41077-021-00163-3

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/220534678_Implementing_New_Practices_An_Empirical_Study_of_Organizational_Learning_in_Hospital_Intensive_Care_Units

https://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/search/publication/9153670

https://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/search/publication/8994089

https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/53843/1-s2.0-S0925753520300291-main.pdf?sequence=1

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00236772211037177

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9684018/

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jody-Gittell/publication/229509485_High-quality_relationships_psychological_safety_and_learning_from_failures_in_work_organizations/links/6442867264d7bb5ae10f29a2/High-quality-relationships-psychological-safety-and-learning-from-failures-in-work-organizations.pdf?trk=public_post_comment-text

https://www.academia.edu/download/36604260/ORGANIZATION_CULTURE_Organization_at_the_limit.pdf#page=81

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/12/5164/pdf

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F2Uz8eyDdgHE2KA-jzdMukLmPzLdY5PO/view

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925753514000976

https://open-publishing.org/journals/index.php/jutlp/article/view/678/678

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.2147/JHL.S70115

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114375

https://bmjleader.bmj.com/content/5/2/121

https://samforsk.brage.unit.no/samforsk-xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2456918/When+Safety+Science+Meets+the+Practitioners%20(9).pdf?sequence=4

https://www.mdpi.com/2313-576X/9/4/70/pdf

https://watermark.silverchair.com/e1.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAzYwggMyBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggMjMIIDHwIBADCCAxgGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMy5lbSlKEpYnw9uQSAgEQgIIC6WUpgpQ1AjXdjh6n2nxBaK8OX9sxe5j3XvpGWI3Nm6Y2xGov_AlnF3ceLsD-xHKlObpWjcg1FUERLrG3w4ECAwIHVHy-GQey1ywXQ3MaVgdTJO-jBDRl2gGMH5RNoAvWIODxEKeiBYhBIwOYzqJ6bfDGGr34K0De0PiPPZ_gX1SNBLJ_OTh1qyamOmt9j-_8ybOvgAx82dXyg-ROGUIJCepRJWHwyYVK5ru-IQDzN8VeMi7CfEZL0bBot9cjIAnEfDyS4tNQMRXn6WY7jEJGwnqcR5237nPjg7X3Da5M9NCxYD_jAK1mSidDdI89aLuDKPZHR18rAbxnAyLJFb–rEgfb-E2gMB87H9uMmU28gRgOfTUgnfigOYzgkKSD6PXUdkx_EK05nUNKP-Lse2dlERzdv1cv892ESRYvwUW77yj5SWN–sseYwPV0fxgeaybfdKW-9b7PB_pM-oUSbVbaUj2Md1iUIbPs47KHbvKzubSLBsIHlLzYIip-BiWJDx9YGiAp21q1poyYBgiE0yd0A8WDClbmIjpNpXGqvbuT-NV-Y93H363qcgtx_UFWPZRZWQPRCvgT8angzUDYyg_CR1wgpmByA-wobU-ySYyjJJnFkSnUsGkjzPtd6eXrDqCNmZ8vFMQihmHPQxTVCaucSjUpiaI6FuPVeP2BtRr5_wO_kVU_nmcEjYNLGnyx7pqmJje-oiuezYwpy0E6e8njFA9Zpwp8R6o5fA4_cz3fpz9X0LWuEPF_5njpPbXLYgvqW_j-GN7cMHuZDwMx_rb75T4wm8L9_4iLAGa0vl-oBR-jd8SARrL9pnVXsOGu_OtMJ_BgjW6f1zbDMbEvN34ihG364W8xi9Z2xfuJ6wfZ8FY8qcpayz6h0ryKaCQMBavugNDpBcwUKpMzg-tvju4k-ZhIC9fNIJhwXblXxfnZ0FpMZdOwcx83iWSlPHK98K5CVBbON56_b_JceoK8lBboDeH8-PBoCKy38

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.3233/WOR-121576

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2017.03.005

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcorm.2021.100197

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2016.07.006

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121346

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2012.01.004

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-4375(02)00008-7

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2015.07.444

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Julie-Gore/publication/320146441_Naturalistic_Decision_Making_and_Uncertainty_Proceedings_of_the_13th_Bi-Annual_Naturalistic_Decision_Making_Conference_University_of_Bath_UK/links/59d0aeb30f7e9b4fd7f9fcbf/Naturalistic-Decision-Making-and-Uncertainty-Proceedings-of-the-13th-Bi-Annual-Naturalistic-Decision-Making-Conference-University-of-Bath-UK.pdf#page=258

https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/full/10.7326/0003-4819-158-5-201303051-00010?journalCode=aim




WAD / WAI (Work-As-Done / Work-As-Imagined)

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015464

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2024.104314

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2013.05.022

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2022.105922

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2005.06.003

https://www.energyinst.org/technical/publications/topics/human-and-organisational-factors/guidance-on-human-factors-in-task-based-risk-assessment (Free when you sign up)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2019.07.028

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/hex.13478

https://watermark.silverchair.com/ael067.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAA0kwggNFBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggM2MIIDMgIBADCCAysGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQM3fna_W4YSBfdRaIiAgEQgIIC_CxMiLDOY7kpibqduVyDydlx0xzJS-at2bAFWcj0I4jkMBIccc3lxgy0iMVEgm3Z756S7rPYmJ2eRBJwwboWgw75Jk5AHmnqyScKJtiKyn2ABlfLFY3W5gaUD5sZCvzf3-sP-M2qPP-1SlXIFILzoGY5gt8y6tBGa6gXaNEM8PPCB-jilmItyHe3ZUzL4hiu0EEj9uUgUlAYAJNc4zYip7FfixhgXtn9JbKb0hAxudtky2YsxGQ7MdoJEHUixaAWt1QUMh4Cw-PGdx7m8zInBGTKKHzPaLZFa4awkDwyzCm-4NPtkyPkLqKlMthwDa3O3GCU13-Z6OppT9b4PSQaRaW69CeOQ6u8c8naD1kSBVSMAy7xhKfJ0Kq_OlkIQM8-57gJN1wPl1WepYajAIORUwIb_sTVYX1m9490crsTOOMoMcqvU_2tOC7icvY8o6S3py1rNOVK1bxnFy_MHK4oVSOKJQO_mfGe5L0176bLVdKvQ7UIKcEwQFgHtHTOaxJr_oige24jy-MBCiA79qlCxpX7jZu9x3hUpdIqZOuiQH7gajCQzWbyC2zvdPYU3ZcPGwthb1LNcTqmlxKcXnpgtfGfWP0ni7WfqZOZmTdvOJxR6haAsxPmM-Z-Z_FJmnlZ1IRCZEErTyJZ5Lf0IICXejyPO5pY-VHq5TCVxMQ95l0W7-K5cBk13x5jPH__6Lqc_X8KYlVSj4aL5EBVlx2YOvxEEidw7rF8P2QA9JfCt40AwTRNEGx4T8qMK6Rfef86yAqOVs4vbmFmydE3UnhUcm9gING-ltFaoH5SFAQ78IEmhsFvhmN6IIONn_1L-fU_fXN6WyG2Lb-ikEsTRlZeO2HUTDE5FgoBHhyAxWBTWT5Aa-kHUS-Zec18kVVxBzzJhsCp63bJ88Me_yqpPUYqCBUpF_sIGTu7vI-x7FbzuXgakZe-57zTCPgZE5aevkp-OfksRu4tsiffo_xTRErxF4ozYt6QO9EzcYGDDS0eAhoLRQ5X02krnQP3vaGQ

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sempedsurg.2020.150906

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10872981.2017.1272838

http://ereserve.library.utah.edu/Annual/MGT/6050/Diekmann/speeding.pdf

https://www.iogp.org/bookstore/product/learning-from-normal-work/ (Free with sign up)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104827

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1911.12590

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2018.06.004

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2019.100548

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.3233/HSM-1991-10403

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cppeds.2018.08.013

https://watermark.silverchair.com/i2589-9449-6-3-96.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAA3QwggNwBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggNhMIIDXQIBADCCA1YGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMUKp_mpnsws_iPRlEAgEQgIIDJ6urvPRNAJBFm-vv4xMRzQVlcjGryI_iQIvLvSzTTfdQklg9VhIlhYUTrdN1yu1xgmCDNq0vYsB3VTx_dxy6zxiSJfq2ivxwdNyywkmhSVWiWG7xx_mEh8KAB9eLU2Bs0sKsPDhZF0Vf8d8ljj1eMPBUxr_fwaTppfGAPcxbmewyhgrwkw1DCRrI2tNWeeY7llTjhQIoeYA5htkDYomZ5lGMkOQR13FZeErbmJzUi0JQtLBN_bs_pa5nhaNYxmxHyS8IlUZfhJc48kvhYSnPfQeYaWxZra1sIy2IsIDeE6f9KqNTj3oddaiNwcrsNJCozcYdK6Q4VKYL2xAWvIOh2EwQH-bIKnS0sQy0wIsuaq86NTe8h5yf4iaP7zz0faK9oROv0NhqOmkcd8AdldlZRal0w9yQKCRw2mAKIxg_aXOKWOdn-iBQhGD10J-jFj-P2aXFugefv_ny1e2U6qpHO31o-QDQN_adrO2gduwROv6dRNept7BuYx9_5cLVppJuB_-2zUSdazTeWtG7v9WfUYN2KgsoFV6yhstuWaaV5FwLJk4dIRmzOfOnxwSj9WkJ1ySK3JQqfLMXfro7yJYAiG15tPmftODCHET_wbNGCvxxWY1CYSpmIE-PtPfnPGvW5D4VTGCIi9jx3ANNHILbCFswnSln4-nHG_DbGzDOtqoV-jS1K4ErGLfmWiNonWrabqw0vKIC0Gd-oQddX9V17OCZIOvCIPIsEePHpg688oXf24HRdzztMozSafACNemoo06ChcO3P-QW1TXNH1twjFdTkXZzrpHHW9fSR1b4O_zp7yi_DkAjRcSts4AwH3p7bDHgK2pgHNI1djlV6QlNLa2LN6ckPCs2dw3-Ib6w9is5Ew6c7Kb553J5NYJdYDbzWDdCio-wojs_Sm_FUt1lBp-D_XnNIECAckKLIrYeXQ7-znIiovuY5A4X3Fl6k11KTLoNJrZcVPX4kx_9QgcA6Oo5l3_Ko1uvj_aaBVFK8Nj2f_5hcAcLOJ-E8T-Ebl43QcO089D9tlirfqjwwoz__0Chlngi-jHJY5xjbovkkZgD8LUN4CjWrA

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https://wjst.wu.ac.th/index.php/stssp/article/download/25849/2434

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.052

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2016.05.005

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2019.104524

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2024.106618

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2007.06.024

https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/bitstreams/c3f033dd-ca49-5d3c-9dc1-abb10d3fc05b/download

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2024.106631

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104703

https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-4440852/v1/df6d75f2-c51f-4b4c-bbd3-e4ed1244a178.pdf?c=1719467060

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2022.105930

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2021.06.008

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2016.06.005

https://doi.org/10.3390/app132011132

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2019.02.007

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2020.104085

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.02.016

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120517

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2014.07.010

http://sunnyday.mit.edu/conceptual-architecture-final.pdf

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